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Overview

History and work on the anime series

The company was founded in 1977 by Jean-Luc Azoulay and Claude Berda as a music production company. In 1987, it went into the world of television. They are responsible for creating many of the European dubs of the franchise (notably the French). They created the Engish dubs of Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball GT, as well as the second half of Dragon Ball Z (123-291) for their markets in association with Westwood Media, Ocean Studios, and Chinook Animation. Their other major anime property is Sailor Moon, however they mostly had a hand in its French release. Also, AB Groupe notably sends copyright takedown notices to TeamFourStar for their Dragon Ball Z: Abridged series.

The "Big Green" dub

Main article: AB Groupe dub
They also produced English dubs for most of the features and specials for UK distribution in collaboration with other production companies. These productions are notorious among fans for the script (which was based off the French script), the changing of character's names (for example Piccolo is called "Big Green"), as well as poor voice acting. Little information is available on the production surrounding these dubs as the names of the voice actors used have never been disclosed. It is presumed these dubs were recorded in either the Netherlands or France sometime in the early 2000s, although the precise location and dates remain a mystery.